Israel’s Takeover of the Internet It has been learned that major social media and internet service providers have, throughout the past year, been meeting secretly with the United States and Israeli governments to remove content as well as ban account holders from their sites. — Philip Giraldi https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2018/01/04/expect-even-less-freedom-of-internet-in-2018.html The ACLU is working to reverse the FCC’s decision on behalf of…

The NYT and WashPost: Papers Without Truth Or Honor https://www.thenation.com/article/the-us-betrayed-russia-but-it-is-not-news-thats-fit-to-print/ The US ‘Betrayed’ Russia but It Is Not ‘News That’s Fit to Print’ New evidence that Washington broke its promise not to expand NATO “one inch eastward”—a fateful decision with ongoing ramifications—has not been reported by ‘The New York Times’ or other agenda-setting media outlets. By Stephen F. Cohen JANUARY…

The Persecution of Julian Assange Paul Craig Roberts “We need a political intervention to make this situation end. He (Assange) is the only political prisoner in Western Europe.” Juan Braco The persecution of Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks, is now seven years old. Ecuador has protected Assange for the past half decade from being turned over to Washington by…

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